Time-reckoning device.



VV. G. VLL.

THVIE RECKONING DEVI'CE.

APPLICATION man MN. u. 1914.

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TIivIE-nEcKoivINer` DEVICE.

Specification'of 'Letters Patent. 'Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

l. Application led January 17, 1914. Serial No. 812,(i72- To all whomt'tmay concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. VIALE, citizen of the United States, andresident of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State-ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Time-Reckoning Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to time reckoning'- devices or in otherwordsmeans for reading time cards such as are employed in lfactories andbusiness places and for quickly vcomputing labor cost findings and iscomu mercially known as the Past-I-Meter sys- 5 tem. y

a simple` and efficient device which may be used to advantage inconnection with a sime ple, though specific forni of time cards andwhereby vthe time required by an vaccountant, 'may be shortened, inreckoning the nd-' ings of the time as indicated'upon the cards,

and whereby accuracy of said computations will be assured.'

- As will be apparent from theaccompanying illustrations my inventionmay be carried out in several forms of devices without deviating fromthe essential features thereof' and in order that the importance andvalue of the invention may be better understood T Referring to thesedrawings which form a part of this specificationit will be noted' thatsimilar characters -of reference are em'- ployed to indicate like partsthroughout the several figures, and of which- 40 Figure 1 shows a topplan view of one formof my improved time reckoning device. Fig. 2 is asimilar plan View of a time cardsuch as my time reckoning device isdesigned to be used upon. Fig. 3 shows a front plan view of my improveddevice as placed upon a time card such as is shown in Fig. 2 andillustrating one application and use of the invention. Fig. l is asomewhat similarplan view of the same form 50 of device as applied to asimilar card,

though in a different position and as used to reckon a'differentinterval of time. shows a slightly different manner of. carrying out thefeatures of my invention and applying itvto a slightly different form ofcard, and, Figs. 6 and 47 show opposite side The object of the inventionis to provide' Fig. 5

elevations of a further modifiediform of in- Yventionhas will later bemore specifically described.

'I will first endeavor to explain the time cards as adapted by me foruse in connecti'on with my improved reckoning device and which are shownin' Figs. l, 2 a-nd 5 so as to afford a better understanding of thepurpose of the invention. While the general heading and referenceinformation to be printed on these cards may vary to suit thedifferentfactory conditions, yet the principle involved in thearrangement of the numbers would be substantially alike and as shownupon the drawings. As will be seen these cards include several series ofnumbers as contained within circles and squares formed-byaseries ofvertical and horizontal lines. The seriesof circles arranged along theedges ofthe card are to accommodate a series of numerals that areintended to represent the number of hours of labor in a day.

numeral 7 and include other numerals 8, 9,

These numerals as will be noted begin at the one end with the 10, 1l, 1,2, 3,' 4, 5 and 6 thus providing for the reckoning of ten hours time andfractions thereof. The other square spaces arries are alike and includenine 'numerals that indicate tenths vof anl hour. As will be seen eachseries begins with the numeral 6 and n eXt comes 12, then 18, &c.represents one tenth of an hour, while 12 represents two tenths, 18three tenths, cc. This form of reckoning the tenths ofthe hours isprovided for each hour number 8, 9, 10, &c. More or less of these spacesmay be used and thus can be divided into other fractions. The custom infactories is to provide each workman with a card of this kind, or ifdesired several cards one for each j ob or piece of work that he may beat. These cards are punched -or marked by the foreman according to thetime that the Vworkman starts and 'finishesthe piece of work or in othercase his hours of labor for theA day irrespectiye of what lie has beendoing. .As for instance if he starts in at 7 in Jthe morning and quitsat 10.80 the hour number 7 is punched and likewise the number 30 in thetenths line. This obviously 6 for instance` means that the workman hasput in threehours and 5/10. The cards are oollected from time totime andtaken into the mai-n oiiice where the accountant reckons the time aspunched or indicated upon them. 'Mv

improved reckoning. device is brought into use by the..accountant inquickly reckoning the time aslindicated 4upon these cards and the methodof using the same will n'eXt be described in connection withthevillustrw Several forms of my device are shown in the' severalfigures of the drawings, but all vinclude the same essential featuresand thus clearly come within thescope of the invention. In practicethese devices are preferand Z) each of which has two inner edge portionscand d and e and f that are disposed at a right angle to each other, andeach of which is provided with a series of graduaf tions adjacent tolthe edges. The numerals upon one edge portion c' of the face of thescale read from 0 to 10 and upon the other edge l from 0 to 9, while thenumerals on one edge e of the other face read from 00 to 9 and onanother edge f from to 10 inclusive. lThe numerals arranged upon theedgese and c of the square are designated as hour numerals and theseries adjacent to the other edges f and (Z of the square are designateda`s tenths of Aan hour. As for instance in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 I have showna reckoning device which is cut from a piece of sheet material andhaving two triangular openings forming two straight edges intersectingeach other and formed at a right angle one from the other. Two of thesaid edge portions being disposed upward parallel to each other, whilethe other two are arranged horizontally -and in `line with 'each other.The upwardly disposed edges are provided with a series of graduationsand `numbers which inpractice represent hours, while the numbersindicated in the graduations of the Ahorizontal edge portions representfractions of an hour, as for instance tenths. This form of device isespecially designed to be i'eadin connection with a card such as isshown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 and whereon the hour numbers are arrangedalong the side edge portion of the card.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown substantially the same arrangement ofgraduations and numbers, but have indicated the same on the oppositesides of a singleftriangular form of scale instead of making it largerand having all reference lines and numbers upon one side as shown inFig. 1.

Two series of characters are necessary upon both forms of squares inorder to 'number 7 is checked, indicating that that was theA time whenthe man went to work according to lthe card. It is again checked at10.30 which indicates the quitting time,

`thus making three hours and `5/10 employ nient A`according to the card.Upon the other hand,I in' Fig. 4L it will be noted that we are usingtheAscales upon the left and which are alsoklike the scale shown in Fig.6. In Fig. l' we have the time card checked -dierently `According to itthe party started work at thirty-six minutes past six which means 7 /10'of an hour after seven and quit at eight-thirty. This shows thequitting time to be at the left ofthe beginning time, and readilyindicating that the amount of 4time worked was nine-tenths of an hour.The two scales of iigures' and,

pairs of angularly disposed edges are necessary according to my improvedsystem in order to make a perfect reckoning device and it is immaterial'whether they are made upl on the same side of the instrument or if theyAbe marked upon opposite sides. It will also be'noted fromFig. 5 that wemay employ with equal advantage a card wherein the hour numerals arearranged along 'the top edge portion of the series of numerals indicatedupon the card andwherein-the tenths lof an hour numbers arearranged,horizontal as shown. upon this card, In

this connection I find it also necessary to employ a reckoning devicecut from'th'in material and having an opening there#- through as shown.This device has the hournumbers along the bottom and top edge portions,while the fractions are arranged upon the right hand edge. As set thisv.reckoning device would indicate that the starting point of employmentlwas that of 7.36 a.. m. and the quitting time 4.18. This readilyindicates seven hours and 7/10 of an hour work. In this form one seriesof fraction numerals may be made to serve for both hour scales.

Havingl thus described my invention what I' claimand desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A. device of the class described, formed of a pieceof sheet material having a central opening therein and including twoinner side straight edge portions bordering the opening and arranged ata right`angle to each other, a series of graduations' upon the face ofeach of the said edge portions and including a series of lines arrangedat equal distances apart, and a series of nu- 13G merals marking each ofthe said spaces one of the said series of numbers representlng Wholenumbers and the other series repre-v senting fractions of numbers andadaptedv to be read With a series of numbers as printed upon a cardfor-the purpose of obtaining the'` length of an interval of time fromindications on a time card.

2. 'A device of the class described, form'ed of a piece ofvsheet`rnaterial having a central opening thereinand including two4 innersidev straight edge portions bordering the openings and ofs'ubstantialbequal distances and which are at a right angle to eachother, a series of graduations bordering the said edge portions andincluding a apart and a series of numerals marking each of the saidspaces one of the said se# ri es reading from 0 to 10 inclusive andadapted to be read with aseries of numbers as printed upon a card, theother series of numbers reading from 1 to vlinclusive and indicatingtenths and adapted to be read in connection with la further series ofnumbers upon the face of the same card and designed to indicate tenthsof fractions of an hour.

Signed at Bridgeport. in the cornty, of Fairield and State ofConnecticut this 16th day vof January A. D., 1914.

WILLIAM G. VIALL.

Witnesses: l

C. M. MUREMAN., RUTH M. WORDEN.

